--- title: The minister and the courtiers sprinkled rosewater over their prostr… — Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat · tree and pragmatics description: The minister and the courtiers sprinkled rosewater over their prostrate master and at last revived him; but he vowed that unless the minister promised to bring him the lovely picture maiden, he would not only refuse to reign, but would starve himself to death. Who acts: minister. 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A. Kincaid, The Eighth Key.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (minister), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg76982:11:18 # text = The minister and the courtiers sprinkled rosewater over their prostrate master and at last revived him; but he vowed that unless the minister promised to bring him the lovely picture maiden, he would not only refuse to reign, but would starve himself to death. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 sprinkled sprinkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 rosewater rosewater NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 over over ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 prostrate prostrate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obl _ _ 15 revived revive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 22 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 37 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 starve starve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 45 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sprinkle** | past | the minister and the courtiers | rosewater | | eyes's prostrate master | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rosewater=Theme over master=Destination | | 2 | **revive** | past | the minister and the courtiers *not said here* | minister | | last | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **vow** | past | minister | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the minister | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the minister *not said here* | the lovely picture maiden | minister | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination maiden=Theme | | 6 | **not** **refuse** | would | minister | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **reign** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | minister *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **starve** | would | minister *not said here* | minister | | | | to death | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Folk tales of Sind and Guzarat» by C. 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